My family are mostly from S. Illinois counties. The Missouri Partisan Drury Pulliam was cousin to a large group from the S. Illinois area to include my 4th Gr. Grandfather of the same name Drury Pulliam. Since 90% of "Little Egypt's" (as Southern Illinois was known) settlers to the region were from the American South by 1860, it was strongly pro-southern, so I would suspect it to be a haven for "Rebels". One of the most interesting things I saw as a small child was my German-American "Dutch" Grandmother bring home a bust of Abe Lincoln, only to have my Grandfather in a tirade throw it out the front door and stomp it.